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New Nuclear Reactors Must Move Forward Without Passing Risk to Taxpayers

February 09, 2012 | Energy

For the first time in decades, a new nuclear reactor is getting its federal license to build and operate in the United States. Today, the... Read More

Counting on Speculative Oil and Gas Revenues to Fund our Transportation Needs is Fiscally Reckless

Counting on Speculative Oil and Gas Revenues to Fund our Transportation Needs is Fiscally Reckless Today the House Natural Resources Committee considered the energy portions of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (the... Read More

Coalition Demands Deficit Plans be Public

December 05, 2011 | Budget & Tax

Taxpayers for Common Sense and a coalition of groups sent a letter to the President, Speaker Boehner, and Majority Leader Reid today... Read More

House Subcommittee Discusses Loan Guarantees

November 30, 2011 | Energy

The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight met as part of an ongoing series of hearings... Read More

Loan Guarantee Program Up for Review

November 29, 2011 | Energy

The Department of Energy (DOE) Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program is coming up for some much needed scrutiny after two companies funded... Read More

A Legacy for Earmarks (updated 11/14/2011)

November 14, 2011 |

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today passed its version of a transportation reauthorization bill, to replace the... Read More

Uranium Loan Guarantee Is A Bad Bet

November 02, 2011 | Energy

Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantees are and should be under the magnifying glass. On August 31, 2011, the first company to receive... Read More

Solyndra Probe Continues

October 13, 2011 | Energy

Today the House continued its investigation of the failed Department of Energy loan guarantee to the solar start-up Solyndra. Today... Read More

Clock Ticking Only On Some of the Risky DOE Loan Guarantees

September 20, 2011 | Energy

Today, a portion of the Dept. of Energy Loan Guarantee Program will expire. While that’s good news for taxpayers the trouble is far from... Read More

Coalition Letter to Support Transparency in Super Committee

September 19, 2011 |

A coalition of watchdog groups, along with Taxpayers for Common Sense, sent a letter to the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction, or the... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More